Bottle washer and rinser.



No. 694,4I6.

Y Patented Mar.l '4,I |902. v w. M. PHELAN. BOTTLE WASHER AND RINSER.

(Application tiled Sept. 8, 1901A (No vMendel.)

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, m. QN me Patented Mar. 4, l902i w. PHELAN--H BOTTLE WASHER AND B-'NSER.

(Application med sept. 3,1901.) l

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WILLIAMv M. PIIELAN, or osoEoLA MILLs, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE'WASHER AND RINSER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,416, dated March 4, 1902.

Application iiled September 3, 190,1. Serial No. 74,133. (No model.) l

. ceola Mills, in thecounty of Clearfield and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and yuseful Bottle Washer and Rinser, 'of

, which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in bottle washers and rinsers.

The object of the present invention isvto improve the construction of bottle washers and rinsers and to provide a simple and comparativelyinexpensive one designed particularly for use in connectionwith the bottlingtable shown and described in an application filed by me on or about the 8th day of May, 1901, Serial No. 59,311, and adapted to be arranged normally below the oor or other supportingsurface and capable of being readily operated to raise the nozzles and project the same into the bottles while the latter are in an inverted position.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims heretoappended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of a bottle washing and rinsing machine constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. et is an enlarged detail sectional view of `one of the washing-nozzles, illustrating the manner of mounting the same. Fig. 5 is a similar view of one of the rinsing-nozzles.

Like numerals of reference designate correspondingparts in all the figures of the drawings. n l Y 1 designates a vertically-movable frame designed to be mounted in a pit 2 and to be arranged normally -beneath the door 3 or other supporting-surface to enable a table of the character described in the said application to be run over it and to be arranged directly above it to bring the bottles carried by the table into a position to receive the washing and rinsing nozzles 4 and 5 of the bottle washer and rinser. The pit is arranged beneath the horizontal rails 6 of the track on which the Wheeled bottling-table is mounted, and the side Walls of the pit are provided vertically-movable frame,vwhereby the latter abled Vto move frictionlessly.` The vertical as clearly illustrated in Figs. l and 2 of the drawings, and'elastic cushions 10 are arranged at the bottom of the pitto receive the lower wheels 9 to relieve the machinewhen the latter is dropped to the bottom of the pit, whereby the machine is prevented from ,being injured by the jars incident to such contact. The machine is adapted to drop by gravity,

cruxned between its ends and provided at its outer end with an enlargement or foot-plate for the reception of the foot of the operator. A counterbalancing-weight 12 is connected to the outer arm of the foot-lever to partially counterbalance the weight of the verticallymovable frame and the washing mechanism to enable the same to be readily raised by the operator. outer arm of the foot-lever is removed the machine will descend by gravity and disengage itself from the bottles of the bottlingtable.

rIfhe washing and rinsing nozzles, which are disposed vertically, are preferably arranged, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings,

chine may be varied as desired, as will be readily understood. The washing-nozzles, which are adapted to rotatewithin the bottles, consist of vertical tubes rotatively mounted on horizontal pipes or conduits 13, connected at their ends, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and arranged parallel with each other. These horizontal pipesV or conduits, which are rigidly mounted on the vertically-movable frame, are provided at intervals with threaded nipples 14, on Which are mounted interiorly-threaded caps 15. The caps, 15, which are rigid with the nipples of the horizontal pipes or conduits, receive annular enlargements 16 of the vertical pipes or nozzles 4, and antifriction-balls 17 are interposed between the nipples and the annular enlargements 16, which preferably consist of heavy washers secured to the pipes or nozzles 4 near the lower ends thereof. Upper and lower steel Washers 18 and 19 are arl with suitabley vertical Ways 7 forthe recep' tion of upper and lower'whveels S and-9 ofthe in parallel rows; butlthe capacity of the ma-V is guided in its vertical movement and is euways are preferably formed by vertical'cleats, ,v

and it is elevated by a foot-leverll, ful- IOO 75 As soon as the pressure on the ranged at the top and bottom of the annular series of antifriction-balls to form bearingfaces and to prevent the nipples and the annular enlargements 16 from becoming worn. These steel washers and the antifriction-balls may be readily renewed when they become worn. within the cap at the top thereof, and this packing is interposed between the upper end of the cap and a steel washer 2l, which is arranged at the upper face of the annular enlargement 16.

The rotary washing-nozzles are connected by gear-wheels 22, secured by set-screws 23 or other suitable fastening devices to the nozzles` adjacent to the caps and meshing with each other, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The gearwheel 24 at one end of one of the series of washing-nozzles is provided at its upper face with teeth,which mesh with a pinion 25 of a flexible shaft 2G, which may be rotated by any suitable means remote from the washing-machine and which is adapted to yield to the vertical movements of the same. Vhen the flexible shaft is rotated, it communicates motion to the end gearwheel 2t, which rotates the vertical nozzles 4.

The rinsing-nozzles 5, which are arranged at intervals in two rows similar to the washing-nozzles, are rigidly mounted on horizontal pipes or conduits 27, which are connected at their ends and which are arranged parallel with the pipes or conduits that connect the washing-nozzles. The upper ends of the washing and rinsing nozzles are arranged in vertical tubular guides 2S and 29, mounted in suitable apertures of curved braces 30, which are disposed transversely of the washing-machine and which are rigidly secured at their ends to suitable supports at opposite sides of thesame. Thesetubularguides,whichextend above and below the stationary braces, have their upper ends 31 and 32 enlarged to form seats for the necks of the bottles, the bottles being lowered upon the seats before the vertically-movable frame is operated. After the bottles have been arranged upon the seats of the tubular guides the vertical nozzles are projected into the bottles and the water is turned on by means of cocks 33 and 84, mounted on extensions 35 and 3G at one end of the machine. The extensions are arranged longitudinally of the connecting pipes or conduits of the washing and rinsing nozzles, and they extend from the same and are connected with flexible supply-pipes 37 and 38. The washing and rinsing nozzles are adapted to operate on one set of the bottles of a bottlingtable, and after such bottles have been washed and rinsed the table may be advanced to bring another portion of its contents in position to be operated on by the washing mechanism. The rinsing-nozzle may be of any desired construction, and the washing-nozzle, which is rotated, has its bore or opening reduced at its upper end by means of a sleeve 39, preferably constructed of rubber, and re- A suitable packing 2O is arranged movably arranged within the nozzle to cnable the diameter of the bore or opening to be changed by arranging different sleeves within it.

The inner end of the foot-lever'supports the vertically-movable frame, and it is preferably provided with an antifriction-roller to enable it to move frictionlessly on the same.

It will be seen that the bottle-washing Inachine is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to be readily operated to raise the nozzles and to project the'sameinto the bottles or other receptacles to be washed, and that the machine is arranged normally below the floor or other supporting-surface and will not interfere with the movements of a wheeled bottlingftable. It will also be clear that the bottle washing and rinsing machine is adapted to drop by gravity as soon as the pressure on the outer arm of the foot-lever is removed and that the weight partially counterbalances the weight ofthe machine andy enables the same to be easily lifted by the operator.

What I claim is- 1. A machine ofthe class described comprising a vertically-movable frame designed to be arranged below. the door or other supporting-surface, and provided with a series of nozzles adapted to be introduced into and removed from the bottles or other receptacles by the vertical movement of the frame, means for raising and lowering the frame, and a supply-pipe connected with the nozzles, substantially as described.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a track, and vertical guides located beneath the track, of a verticallymovable frame provided with a series of nozzles and having wheels arranged in the said guides, means for raising and lowering the frame, and a supply-pipe connected with the nozzles, substantially as described.

3. A machine of, the class described cornprising a vertically-movable frame designed to be arranged in a pit and adapted to lie normally below a track, said frame being provided with wheels, vertical ways arranged to IOO IIO

receive the wheels, nozzles carried by the' frame, and means for raising and lowering the latter, substantially as described.

4t. A machine of the class described comprising a vertically-movable frame provided with nozzles,`a supply-pipe connected with the nozzles, a lever fulcrumed between its ends and arranged to lift the frame, and a weight connected with the lever and adapted to partially counterbalance the frame, substantially as described.

5. A machine of the class described comprising a vertically-movable frame, the vertically-disposed rotary nozzles carried by the frame, a supply-pipe connected with the nozzles, and means for rotating the nozzles, substantially as described.

G. A machine of the class described comprising a vertically-movable frame, the vertically-disposed rotary nozzles mounted on the frame and provided with gears meshing with each other, a supply-pi pe connected with the nozzles, a flexible shaft having a gear meshing with one of the said gears, and mea-ns for raising and lowering the frame, substantially as described.

7'. A machine of the class described comprising a frame, a pipe mounted on the frame and having a nipple, a cap mounted on the nipple, a rotary nozzle having an enlargement arranged within the cap, antit'rictionballs supporting the enlargement ofthenozzle,'and means for rotating the lat-ter, substantially as described.

8'. A machine of the class described comprising a frame, apipe mounted on the frame and having a nipple, a cap secured to the nipple, a nozzle having an annular enlargement arranged within the cap, antifriction balls supporting the enlargement, the washers arranged above and below the balls, the packing located at the top of the cap, a washer interposed between the packing and enlargement, and means for rotating the nozzle, substantially as described.

9. A machine of the class described comprising the stationary braces, the vertically-V movable frame Iprovided with nozzles supported by the stationary braces, a supply# pipe connected with the nozzles, and means for raising and lowering the frame, substantially as described.

10. A machine of the class described comprising a stationary brace provided with a tubular guide havingra seat adapted-to receive the neck of the bottle, and a verticallymovable frame having a nozzle supported by i the said guide, substantially as and for the purpose described. A

ll. A machine of the class described comprising the stationary braces provided with guides, the verticallymovable frame provided vwith washing and rinsing nozzles supported by the said guides and adapted to extend through the same, pipes connecting the Y nozzles, and gearing for rotating the washingnozzles, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as ,my own I have hereto aftixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM M. PI-IELAN.

Witnesses:

J. L. REEvE, J. A. RoDGER's. 

